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STATUTES AND BY-LAWS 



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STATUTES 

I. University, i. 

II. Trustees, i. 

III, President, 4. 

IV. Comptroller, 5. 
V. Attorney, 7. 

VI. Treasurer, 7. 

VII. Superintendent, 8. 

VIII. Faculties, 8. 

IX. Deans, 11. 

X. Other Officers, 12. 

XI. Special Provisions Pertaining to Certain Colleges, 12. 

XII. University Library, 14. 

XIII. Adviser of Women, 15. 

XIV. Summer Session, 15. 

XV. Instructing Staff, Appointment, and Tenure of Office, 16. 
XVI. Leave of Absence, 17. 
XVII. William H. Sage Pension Fund, 18. 
XVIII. Tuition and other Fees, 20. 
XIX. Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships, 21. 
XX. Undergraduate Scholarships, 22. 
XXI. Miscellaneous Provisions, 23. 

RULES AND REGULATIONS. 

I. The Faculty, 24. 

II. Medical College in New York City, 25. 

III. The Library, 27. 

IV. Tuition and other Fees, 28. 

V. Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships, 30. 
VI. Undergraduate Scholarships, 31. 
VII. Miscellaneous Provisions, 32. 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY STATUTES. 

Adopted April 21, 1917. 



Article I. The University. 

1. The University. Cornell University comprises the following de- 
partments and colleges, to wit : The Graduate School, the College of 
Arts and Sciences, the College of Law, the College of Civil Engineer- 
ing, the Sibley College of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanic 
Arts, the College of Architecture, the Medical College, the New 
York State Veterinary College, and the New York State College of 
Agriculture. 

2. The University will confer upon candidates who have satisfied 
the prescribed regulations and conditions degrees as follows : 

In the Graduate School such advanced and special degrees as the 
candidates may be entitled to receive on satisfactory compliance with 
the requirements prescribed for the various courses of study in said 
school ; 

In the College of Arts and Sciences the degree of Bachelor of Arts 
(A.B.) or of Bachelor of Chemistry (B. Chem. ); 

In the Agricultural College the degree of Bachelor of Science 
(B.S.); 

In the Veterinary College the degree of Doctor of Veterinary 
Medicine (D.V.M.); 

In the Sibley College the degree of Mechanical Engineer (M.E.); 

In the College of Civil Engineering the degree of Civil Engineer 
(C.E.); 

In the College of Law the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.); 

In the College of Architecture the degree of Bachelor of Architecture 
(B. Arch.); 

In the Medical College the degree of Doctor of Medicine (M.D.). 

Article II. The Board of Trustees. 

1. Subject to the charter of the University and the Laws of the 
State, the Board of Trustees has supreme control over the University, 
every college and department thereof, its property, conduct, and 
the persons engaged in its service. 

2. Fifteen concurring votes shall be necessary to elect a trustee; for 
the transaction of all other business, except as otherwise expressly 
provided, twelve members shall constitute a quorum. 

3. There shall be three regular meetings of the Board in each year ; 
one on the day next preceding commencement day, two at times to 



be fixed by the Committee on General Administration, one of which 
shall be in the autumn. Notice of the time and place of all such 
meetings shall be given by the Secretary at least fifteen days in ad- 
vance of the date fixed upon. Special meetings of the Board may be 
called by the Chairman, by the Committee on General Administration, 
or by the Secretary, on the written request of five Trustees, on ten 
days notice by mail. 

4. The officers of the Board shall be a chairman and a secretary. 
The chairman shall be elected for the term for which he was chosen 
as a trustee. He shall exercise the ordinary functions of a presiding 
officer. The secretary shall hold oifice during the pleasure of the 
Board. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Board and 
have the same printed and sent to each member of the Board, and 
shall furnish annually to each of the Trustees a duplicate bound set of 
minutes, reports, and printed communications. He shall also be the 
secretary of each of the standing committees of the Board. 

5. The executive officers of the University shall be the President, the 
Comptroller, the Attorney, the Treasurer, and the Superintendent of 
Buildings and Grounds, and such assistants and deputies as may be 
deemed necessary. One person may hold more than one office. The 
said officers shall be selected by the Board of Trustees or in such 
other manner as it may provide. 

6. The standing committees of the Board of Trustees shall be as 
follows, to wit : (A) Committee on General Administration, (B) Com- 
mittee on Finance, (C) Committee on Buildings and Grounds. 

{A) Cotmnittee 071 General Administration. 

The Committee on General Administration shall consist of 
the President of the University, ex-officio, the Chairman of the Com- 
mittee on Finance, ex-officio, the Chairman of the Committee 
on Buildings and Grounds, ex-officio, Andrew D. White, Charles 
E. Cornell, and seven members to be elected by the Board, 
whose respective terms as members of said Committee, shall continue 
until the expiration of their then respective terms as trustees. This 
Committee may, between meetings of the Board, exercise all the 
powers of the Board of Trustees not inconsistent with the acts and 
resolutions of the Board itself and in so far as they do not affect the 
fixed duties of the other standing committees of the Board ; and it 
shall report to the full Board of Trustees. This Committee shall 
meet at fixed times at least once a month during the University year. 
Special meetings of the Committee may,^e called by the Chairman, 
or by the Secretary, on the written request of two members of the 
Committee, on not less than three days' notice by mail. Five members 
shall constitute a quorum. The officers of the Committee on General 



Administration shall be a chairman and a secretary. The chairman- 
shall be elected for the term for which he was chosen as trustee. It 
shall be the duty of the chairman to exercise the ordinary functions 
of a presiding oflScer. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a 
record of the proceedings of the Committee and to have the record 
printed and a copy thereof sent to each member of the Board of 
Trustees. 

{B) Coininittee on Finance. 

The Committee on Finance shall consist of the President of the 
University, ex-of£cio, and five members to be elected by the Board, 
whose respective terms as members of said Committee shall continue 
until the expiration of their then respective terms as trustees. The 
Committee on Finance shall have full power and authority to ad- 
minister all of the funds of the University, to invest and reinvest 
the same, to sell and assign securities in its discretion, and it shall 
keep a record of its proceedings and from time to time report the 
same, together with all changes in investments, to the Board of 
Trustees. On or before January ist in each year the President of the 
University shall call upon the heads of colleges, excepting the State 
Colleges and the Medical College in New York City, and of all de- 
partments in the College of Arts and Sciences and of other administra- 
tive units of the University and upon the Comptroller for an 
itemized estimate of the amount of money deemed necessary for 
the proper maintenance and development of such college or de- 
partment for the ensuing year, such estimate to be submitted to him 
by a date specified. Said estimates shall, as promptly as possible, be 
transmitted by the President of the University, with his recommenda- 
tions, to the Committee on Finance. The Committee on Finance, 
with the Chairman of the Committee on General Administration and 
the Chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds added for 
this purpose, shall prepare for said ensuing year a tentative budget 
showing with reasonable detail the expenditures which in their 
judgment should be authorized and the income which it is expecte;d 
will be realized, and said tentative budget shall on or before May ist 
be submitted to the Board of Trustees for final action. 

There shall be appropriated from the income of the University a. 
sum to be fixed annually by the Committee on Finance for insurance 
against such losses as may occur through bad investments, fire, or 
otherwise. The sum so set apart shall be invested like other perma- 
nent funds of the University and shall be a source of reliance or 
guaranty fund, to replace any extraordinary losses in the future. 



{C) Coiwynittee on Buildings and Groimds. 

The Committee on Buildings and Grounds shall consist of the 
President of the University, ex-officio, and of six members to be 
elected by the Board, whose respective terms as members of said Com- 
mittee shall continue until the expiration of their then respective 
terms as trustees. This Committee shall make recommendations for 
the location of new buildings and shall have general charge and over- 
sight of the buildings and grounds of the University, and of such new 
•construction, improvements, alterations, and repairs as may be pro- 
vided for by the budget or authorized by special action of the Board 
■of Trustees, or, when so requested by the Committee on Buildings 
and Grounds, by the Committee on General Administration acting 
•within the powers conferred on it. It shall keep a record of its pro- 
ceedings and from time to time send a printed copy thereof to each 
member of the Board of Trustees. 

7. The Expenses of Trustees. The expenses incurred by Trustees 
in attending meetings of the Board and meetings of Committees of 
the Board, and in the business of the University, shall be paid by the 
Treasurer. 

8. There shall be no appropriation, use, or expenditure of the prin- 
cipal of University funds except to meet an extraordinary emergency, 
and in the latter case only upon vote of a majority of all the members 
of the Board of Trustees. 

9. An annual audit of the accounts of the University shall be made 
by a certified public accountant to be designated by the Board of 
Trustees, and the report of said accountant shall be submitted to the 
Trustees at the next following meeting of the Board. 

Article III. The President. 

1. The President is the chief executive officer of the University. He 
is ex-officio a member of the Board of Trustees and of the Standing 
Committees thereof, and he is a member and also the presiding officer 
of every Council and every Faculty, and he is the head of each of the 
educational divisions of the University. 

2. In the absence of special provision, the President is the medium 
of communication between the Trustees and the officers of instruc- 
tion and the respective Faculties of the University. 

3. Before action substantially affecting any college or department, 
the President shall consult with the Dean or the professors concerned 
in respect to the necessities of such college or department and the best 
modes of supplying the same. It shall be his duty to determine, with 



the approval of the Committee on General Administration, the appro- 
priate duties and labors of all officers of instruction ; to nominate to the 
Board of Trustees, or, in the case of appointments not reserved to 
the Board of Trustees, to the Committee on General Administration, 
all oflScers of instruction ; to see that all officers of instruction are 
doing the proper amount and satisfactory quality of work ; to provide 
that lecture and recitation rooms are as much and as economically 
used as successful work will permit ; to aid, as far as he may, in 
keeping the expenses of the University within its income ; and subject 
to other regulations made or to be made, to have a general supervision 
of the apparatus, the library, and other property ; and in all ways 
by his reports and conduct, to seek to protect the property and pro- 
mote the welfare of the University. 

4. The President shall prepare an annual report on the conditions 
and needs of the University, shall cause the same to be printed, and 
shall send a copy to each member of the Board at least one week prior 
to its meeting in the autumn of each year. 

5. The President shall have supervision of the official publications 
of the University. 

6. The President is authorized to join in the execution of all deeds 
and instruments, whenever necessary to the proper conduct of the 
business of the University, and to affix the corporate seal of the Uni- 
versity to degrees conferred by it. 

7. The traveling expenses of the President incurred at the request 
of the Trustees, or for the bi;siness and welfare of the University, 
shall be paid by. the Treasurer. 

Article IV. The Comptroller. 

1. Subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees, the Comptroller 
shall have charge of the business administration of the University 
and shall have custody and control of all of its funds and securities 
and shall have general charge of the physical property of the Uni- 
versity at Ithaca. He shall be directly responsible to the Committee 
on General Administration, the Committee on Finance, the Com- 
mittee on Buildings and Grounds, and the President of the University 
in respect to such matters as are entrusted to the jurisdiction of said 
Committees respectively and of the President. The Comptroller shall 
nominate to the Board of Trustees persons for the office of Treasurer 
and Superinendent of Buildings and Grounds and to the Committee on 
General Administration persons for appointment to the subordinate 
and minor positions in the business administration of the University. 
All subordinate officers and employees in the business administration 
of the University shall be responsible to him. 

2. He shall attend the meetings of the Board of Trustees and of 
the standing committees, and he shall make an annual report to the 



Board of Trustees at the aututan meeting of the Board and shall 
send a copy thereof to each trustee at least one week prior to such 
meeting and shall at other times make such other reports as may be 
called for by the Board of Trustees or by any of its standing 
committees. 

3. The Comptroller shall be the custodian of the corporate seal of 
the University and he is authorized and it shall be his duty to execute 
in the name of Cornell University, when the same have been approved 
as to form by the University Attorney, all deeds, contracts, and other 
instruments in writing requisite or necessary to be executed and to 
attach thereto the said corporate seal of the University ; and if, for 
any reason, such instrument must be signed by the President or the 
Chairman or Secretary of the Board of Trustees, such officers or any 
of them may execute the same in like manner. 

4. The Comptroller shall give a bond satisfactory to the Committee 
on Finance at the expense of the University for the faithful perfor- 
mance of his duties as such Comptroller. 

5. The Comptroller or an assistant to be designated by him shall 
make all purchases for the various departments of the University upon 
request of the Professor or officer in charge and to the amount of the 
appropriation made to their respective departments. He may, in his 
discretion, allow heads of departments to issue orders in the name of 
the Comptroller for local purchases not exceeding |20 in value. Ex- 
cept as herein otherwise expressly provided, no purchase shall be 
made or indebtedness created in the name of the University except 
upon the order of the Comptroller or his authorized assistant and he 
shall not incur any indebtedness in excess of the amount duly ap- 
propriated or authorized. 

6. The Comptroller is authorized and empowered to discharge any and 
all mortgages belonging to Cornell University whenever the same are 
paid and to attach to such discharge the corporate seal of the Uni- 
versity. The Comptroller is authorized and empowered upon receipt 
of the amount due upon any mortgage or other security held by the 
University, to assign the same without recourse to the University and 
to attach to said instrument the corporate seal of the University. 

7. The Comptroller is authorized to sign checks against all funds de- 
posited in the name of Cornell University. He is authorized to re- 
ceipt in the name of Cornell University for all funds received from 
the United States or the State of New York for the Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station, the New York State Veterinary College, the New 
York State College of Agriculture, or for the University or any de- 
partment thereof. 

8. The Comptroller shall designate one of his assistants to discharge 
the duties of an auditor who, under his direction, shall audit the ac- 



counts of the University, including all receipts and disbursements, 
shall certify to the correctness of all bills and audit same for payment 
against specific appropriations, and shall perform such other duties 
as may from time to time be assigned him by the Comptroller. 
This provision, however, shall not apply to the bills of the New York 
State College of Agriculture, the New York State Veterinary College, 
and the Medical College in New York City, the bills of which are 
audited by the Dean of the College concerned. 

9. All investments of University funds shall be regarded as made 
for the University as a whole and not for any specific fund ; and the 
annual income arising from such investments shall be distributed 
pro rata among the several specific funds held by and being the 
absolute property of the University. But such funds as by their hold- 
ing are or may be subject to specific conditions requiring the principal 
and interest to be kept separate from other funds shall not be sub- 
ject to this provision. 

Article V. The Attorney. 

The Attorney of the University shall have supervision over all liti- 
gation to which the University may be a party, and when requested 
shall approve the form and method of execution of all conveyances 
and other instruments to be executed by or in behalf of the University ; 
shall give his opinion in respect of such legal questions as may be 
submitted to him by or in behalf of the University, and discharge any 
other duties which may be assigned to him by the Board of Trus- 
tees or the Committee on General Administration. 

Artici^e VI. The Treasurer. 

1. The Treasurer, under the direction of the Comptroller, shall have 
immediate powers and duties as follows : He shall collect all student 
accounts and such other items as may be placed in his hands by the 
Comptroller. He shall have charge of all books of accounts, including 
the general and student accounts, the residential hall accounts, and the 
accounts of the Agricultural, Veterinary, and Medical Colleges. He 
shall make all payments upon vouchers duly audited. Salaries of 
all officers of instruction, including foremen and assistants in the Sib- 
ley Shops, shall be paid in nine equal monthly installments beginning 
October 15th and ending June 15th and the salaries of the Comptroller 
and other salaried employees shall be paid monthly on the fifth of each 
month. 

2. The Treasurer is authorized to pay upon properly audited bills the 
expenses of persons invited to Ithaca with a view to engagement in 
the University corps of instruction. 

3. The Treasurer is authorized and empowered to discharge any and 
all mortgages belonging to Cornell University whenever the same are 



paid and to attacti thereto the corporate seal of the Universitj^ The 
Treasurer is authorized and empowered upon payment of any mort- 
gage or other security held by the Universit}^ to assign the same with- 
out recourse to the University and to attach thereto the corporate seal 
of the University. 

4. The Treasurer is avithorized to sign checks upon the University 
accounts in the First National Bank of Ithaca, N. Y., and the Fifth 
Avenue Branch of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York City for 
the payment of University bills in the regular course of business and 
to endorse checks payable to the order of Cornell Universit)' for de- 
posit in the University's accounts ; and such assistants to the Treas- 
urer as may be designated by the Comptroller are authorized to sign 
checks not exceeding $1,000 in amount, upon the current account of 
the University (not reserve accounts) in the First National Bank of 
Ithaca, N. Y., and the Fifth Avenue Branch of the Guaranty Trust 
Company, New York City, for the payment of University bills in the 
regular course of business. 

5 . The Treasurer is authorized to receipt in the name of the University 
for all funds received from the United States or the State of New York 
for the Agricultural Experiment Station, the New York State Veter- 
inary College, the New York State College of Agriculture, or for the 
University or any department thereof. 

6. The Treasurer and such assistants as the Comptroller may 
designate shall furnish at the expense of the University bonds 
satisfactory to the Committee on Finance. 

7. The Treasurer shall perform such other duties as may from time 
to time be assigned to him by the Comptroller. 

Article VII. Superintendent of Buii.dings and Grounds. 

1. The Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds shall, subject to 
the Comptroller, have immediate charge of all the physical property of 
the University at Ithaca (exclusive of educational equipment and 
apparatus) such as buildings, power, heat, light and water supply, 
apparatus, real estate, repairs and improvements on existing build- 
ings, fire protection, and the care and upkeep of the buildings and 
grounds. 

2. When directed by the Comptroller this officer shall prepare pre- 
liminary plans for new construction and he shall perform such other 
duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the 
Comptroller. 

ART1C1.E VIII. The Faculties. 

I. There shall be included and coordinated in the different colleges 
such departments and courses of study as are required by the charter 



or otherwise duly authorized and as appropriately lead to the various 
degrees offered to candidates for graduation in said colleges 
respectively. 

2. Subject to the foregoing general requirement and to the power 
and control of the Board of Trustees and except as herein otherwise 
provided, instruction in the different colleges, departments, and 
courses of study, the requirements for entrance thereto and graduation 
therefrom, the regulation of student conduct and such other duties as 
may be conferred upon them shall be administered, prescribed, 
exercised, and discharged by the following faculties of the Univer- 
sity : 

A General Facult}', designated the University Faculty, and Special 
Faculties as follows : 

A. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences. 

B. The Faculty of Law. 

C. The Faculty of Civil Engineering. 

D. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. 

E. The Faculty of Architecture. 

F. The Faculty of Agriculture, 

G. The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. 
H. The Faculty of Medicine at New York. 

I. The Faculty of Medicine at Ithaca. 
J. The Faculty of the Graduate School. 

3. These faculties shall be constituted, and the powers herein con- 
ferred shall be distributed among them as follows : 

(A) The University Faculty. — The University Faculty shall con- 
sist of the President of the University, who shall be ex-officio the pre- 
siding ofl&cer, and the Professors and Assistant Professors who are 
members of the above named special faculties, the Librarian and the 
Assistant Librarians in the University Library, the Registrar, the Sec- 
retary of the University, and the Adviser of Women. It shall be the 
function of the University Faculty to consider questions which con- 
cern more than one college and questions of University policy ; and 
it shall have disciplinary jurisdiction over students of the University 
except for unsatisfactory work, for which discipline is entrusted to 
the respective special faculties. 

(B) The Special Faculties. Each special faculty, except that of the 
Graduate School, shall be composed of the President, who shall be ex- 
officio the presiding officer, and all Professors, Assistant Professors, 
and Instructors, who give instruction to regular students in the de- 
partment or departments under the charge of that Faculty, or to grad- 
uate students in the corresponding division of the graduate school, 
but Instructors holding annual appointments shall not have the 
right to vote. The Secretary of the Ithaca Division of the Medical 



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College, who shall be the executive officer thereof, shall be a member 
ex-officio of the Faculty of Medicine in New York and the Dean of 
the Medical College in New York City shall be a member ex-officlo 
of the Faculty of Medicine in Ithaca. Subject to the right of revision 
by the University Faculty on all matters affecting general University 
policy, it shall be the duty of each special faculty to determine the 
entrance requirements for its own students ; to prescribe and de- 
fine courses of stud}' for them"; to determine the requirements for 
such degrees as are offered to students under its jurisdiction ; to 
enact and enforce rules for the guidance and government of its 
students in their university work ; to recommend to the Trustees such 
candidates for degrees as may have fulfilled the requirements ; and 
in general to exercise jurisdiction over all other educational matters 
in its college. 

(C) The Faculty of the Graduate School ^q1\ consist of the Presi- 
dent, who shall be ex-officio the presiding officer, and of those Profes- 
sors, Assistant Professors, and Instructors who are engaged in actively 
supervising the work of graduate students as members of the special 
committees in charge of major and minor subjects. This Faculty 
shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all graduate work and ad- 
vanced degrees. 

4. Each Faculty is authorized to appoint without compensation, 
except as otherwise provided, a Secretary and committees with 
specified powers, whenever it deems it necessary so to do in order 
more effectively to discharge the duties entrusted to it. 

5. The Faculty of each College located at Ithaca, except the State 
Colleges, are invited from time to time to select two of its members 
who, with the Dean of such Faculty, shall constitute a corumittee to 
meet as often as desired with the Committee on General Administra- 
tion, the Committee on Finance or the Committee on Buildings and 
Grounds (according to the nature of the matter), for the ccfnsidera- 
tion of questions affecting the welfare of such College. The members 
of such committee other than the Dean shall be selected '^by ballot 
and for definite terms or as each occasion for conference arises and 
under such conditions as may be provided by the Faculty selecting 
them. 

6. The University Faculty is authorized and invited for and during 
the period of three years commencing June i, 1916 to select delegates 
who shall represent it in the Board of Trustees. Said representatives 
shall not at any time exceed three in number. They and their 
successors shall be selected by ballot and for such terms respectively, 
not extending beyond the period above mentioned, as shall be fixed 
by the Faculty. They shall have the right to meet with the Board of 
Trustees and the Committee on General Administration and shall 
possess the usual powers of Trustees except the right to vote. 



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7- A professor emeritus, or a professor on leave of absence, who has 
been elected by the University Faculty as one ef its representatives on 
the Board of Trustees shall be deemed, during the time he .is such a 
representative, a member of the University Faculty without vote, 
although relieved of all departmental duties. 

Article IX. The Deans. 

1. There shall be a Dean of the University Faculty and of each 
college, who shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees on the 
nomination of the President of the University, there being submitted 
with such nomination the opiuion thereupon of the University Faculty 
orofthe Faculty of the CoUegeof which the Dean is to beappointed, the 
opinion to be ascertained in such manner as by such Faculty may be 
determined. 

2. In the absence of the President it shall be the duty of the Dean of 
the University Faculty and of each college to preside at meetings of 
said Faculty or of the Faculty of the college of which he is Dean and 
to act as the executive officer thereof. 

3. The Deans of the various colleges ( except of the College of Arts 
and Sciences and of the Graduate School), subject to the authority of 
the Board of Trustees and of the President and subject to these 
Statutes, shall have and shall exercise administrative oversight and 
control of their respective colleges ; shall recommend to the 
President of the University persons for appointment in their respective 
colleges as professors, assistant professors, and instructors, and to 
the Comptroller persons for appointment as clerks, foremen, and 
employees, and shall be responsible for their efficiency ; shall, sub- 
ject to the general powers and authority of the Superintendent of 
Buildings and Grounds, be custodians of the buildings and personal 
property occupied and used by their respective colleges and be re- 
sponsible for the proper use and preservation thereof ; shall oversee, 
control, and direct the labor of employees in their respective colleges ; 
and, subject to the authority of the Faculty, shall oversee and direct 
the instruction of students therein, and discharge such other duties 
as may be imposed upon them by these statutes or by the Board of 
Trustees or by the Faculties of the several colleges of which they are 
respectivel)- Deans ; and generally within the means placed at his 
disposal each Dean shall do all in his power to promote the prosperity 
of his college and of the University ; and annually, or more fre- 
quently if necessary or required, he shall make report to the Presi- 
dent on the condition and needs of the College whereof he is Dean 
with such recommendation as he may deem proper. 

4. It shall be the duty of the Dean of the College of Arts and 
Sciences and of the Dean of the Gradiiate School to act as exectitive 
officer of said college and school respectively. 



Article X. Other Officers. 

1. There shall be a Registrar of the University, appointed by the 
Board of Trustees on the nomination of the President, who shall have 
charge of the academic records of the University, of the registration 
of students and of entrance credentials, together with such other 
duties as may from time to time be assigned to him by the Board of 
Trustees or the President. At the beginning of each term all students 
are required to obtain a certificate of registration from the Registrar of 
the University and no student will be permitted to attend any Uni- 
versity exercise until he has obtained such a certificate. In cases 
where time is necessary in order to secure proper credentials of ad- 
mission provisional registration for a limited period may be issued by 
the registrar on the request of the proper college authority. (This rule 
does not apply to persons enrolled in the short winter courses in 
agriculture ) . 

2. There shall be a Secretary of the University, appointed by the 
Board of Trustees on the nomination of the President, who shall have 
general charge of the Alumni service of the University, of the mis- 
cellaneous correspondence of the University, of the University publi- 
cations and printing, and of the University Bureau of Information, 
together with such other duties as may from time to time be assigned 
him by the Board of Trustees or the President. He shall be the 
University Publisher. 

Article XL Special Provisions Pertaining to Certain 
Colleges. 

Medical College at New York City. 

1. For the purpose of making recommendations to the Board of 
Trustees, in relation to the business management of the Medical 
College, including the Dispensary and the Loomis Laboratory, there 
is established a Medical College Council, which shall consist of seven 
members, to wit : The President of the University, who shall be ex- 
officio chairman, and three trustees to be elected by the Board of 
Trustees, one of whom shall be elected each year for the term of 
three years, the Dean of the College, and two members of the Faculty, 
to be elected by the Faculty, one each year for the term of two years. 
All elections to fill vacancies shall be for the unexpired term. 

2. The Dean of the Medical College, in addition to the general 
duties imposed upon Deans, shall administer the business affairs of 
the college, and shall be responsible under these Statutes and such 
regulations as may be prescribed by the Board of Trustees for the 
management of the college. 

3. All applicants for admission to the Medical College shall upon 
the day fixed at the beginning of the year matriculate with the Secre- 
tary of the Faculty. 



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4- The Loomis Laboratory shall for administrative purposes be re- 
garded as a department of the Medical College, but the name thereof 
shall be retained and it shall be devoted to the uses and purposes 
specified in its charter. 

The State Veterinary College. 

1. The Administration of the affairs of the New York State Veteri- 
nary College shall be under the control of the Veterinary College 
Council consisting of the President of the University, who shall be 
ex-ofl&cio chairman, the five trustees appointed by the Governor, the 
President of the State Agricultural Society, the Commissioner of 
Agriculture, the trustee elected by the State Grange, two trustees to 
be appointed by the Board of Trustees, one of whom shall be one of 
the trustees elected by the alumni, the Dean of the college, and one 
professor, a head of a department, to be elected by the Faculty of the 
college for a term of two years beginning July ist. The Comptroller 
of the University shall be expected to be present at the meetings of 
the Council and take part in its deliberations and the Secretary of 
the Board of Trustees shall act as Secretary of the Council. 

2. This Council, in an advisory way and subject to the approval of 
the Board of Trustees, shall have general supervision of the work of 
the Veterinary College, the expenditure of its funds, and all other 
matters pertaining to said college. Said Council shall hold four 
regular meetings each year and as many special meetings as may be 
deemed necessary. When practicable one of its regular meetings 
shall be held at the same place as, and as short a time as convenient 
before, each of the regular meetings of the Board of Trustees. It 
shall prepare each year a budget or detailed statement of the moneys 
to be expended in carrying on the work of said college during the 
then ensuing year ; which budget, however, shall not become effective 
unless and until approved by the Board of Trustees ; and no liability 
or expense shall be incurred in excess of the amount duly appropriated 
or authorized. Said Council shall have the management of such lands 
as may be designated by the Board of Trustees for the use of the 
College. 

3. In making appointments in the State Veterinary College the 
University assumes no responsibility for salaries in excess of the ap- 
propriations received from time to time from the State of New York 
for the maintenance of said College, and in notifying appointees the 
Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall call their attention to this 
section. 

4. The Dean is authorized to make purchases for the College and 
its departments to the amount appropriated by the Board of Trustees 
and to the amount of receipts from circulating funds, but no purchase 
shall be made or indebtedness created in the name of the College in 
excess of the amount duly appropriated and authorized. 



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The State College of Agriculture, 

1. The administration of affairs of the New York State College of 
Agriculture shall be under the control of ^e Agricultural College 
Council consisting of the President of the University, who shall be 
ex-officio chairman, the five trustees appointed by the Governor, the 
President of the State Agricultural Society, the Commissioner of 
Agriculture, the trustee elected by the State Grange, two trustees to 
be appointed by the Board of Trustees, one of whom shall be one of 
the trustees elected by the alumni, the Dean of the College, and two 
professors, heads of departments, to be elected by the Faculty, one 
each year for a term of two years beginning July ist, except that at 
the first election said professors shall be elected for terms respectively 
of one and two years from and after July ist, 1916. The Comptroller 
of the University shall be expected to be present at the meetings of the 
Council and take part in its deliberations and the Secretary of the 
Board of Trustees shall act as Secretary of the Council. 

2. This Council, in an advisory way and subject to the approval of 
the Board of Trustees, shall have general supervision of the work of 
the College of Agriculture, the expenditure of its funds, and all other 
matters pertaining to said college. Said Council shall hold four 
regular meetings each year and as many special meetings as may be 
deemed necessary. When practicable one of its regular meetings 
shall be held at the same place as, and as short a time as convenient 
before, each of the regular meetings of the Board of Trustees. It 
shall prepare each year a budget or detailed statement of the moneys 
to be expended in carrying on the work of said college during the 
then ensuing year ; which budget, however, shall not become effective 
unless and until approved by the Board of Trustees ; and no liability 
or expense shall be incurred in excess of the amount duly appropriated 
or authorized. Said Council shall have the management of such lands 
as may be designated by the Board of Trustees for the use of the College. 

3. In making appointments in the College of Agriculture the Uni- 
versity assumes no responsibility for salaries in excess of appropria- 
tions received from time to time from the State of New York or the 
Federal Government, for the maintenance of said college, and in 
notifying appointees the Secretary of the Board of Trustees shall call 
their attention to this section. 

4. The Dean is authorized to make purchases for the College and 
its departments to the amount appropriated by the Board of Trustees 
and to the amount of receipts from circulating funds but no purchase 
shall be made or indebtedness created in the name of the College in 
excess of the amount duly appropriated and authorized. 

Artici^e XII. The University Library. 
I. The general care and supervision of the University Library is 
entrusted to a Library Council. This Council shall consist of the Presi- 



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dent of the University, who shall be ex-oflacio Chairman of the Coun- 
cil, the Librarian, or, in his absence, the Acting Librarian, and five 
elected members, one of whom shall be elected by the Committee on 
General Administration and two by each of the two groups of Pro- 
fessors and Assistant Professors hereinafter specified who shall be con- 
vened by the President in a special meeting for that purpose. 
Elections shall take place annually as near the beginning of the 
collegiate year as may be practicable. Persons elected shall hold 
office for two years or until their successors are chosen. 

2. The two groups of Professors and Assistant Professors for the 
election of members of the Council shall be constituted as follows, 
viz : (A) Those members of the Faculty who give instruction in the 
Group of Sciences represented by the departments of Agriculture, 
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanical and Electrical Engineer- 
ing, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Physical Culture, Military 
Tactics, and the several branches of Natural History. (B) Those 
members of the Faculty who give instruction in the Group of Letters 
represented by the departments of the several languages, of History 
and Political Science, and of Philosophy, Ethics, and Education. In 
each of these groups the election shall be by ballot, and the result 
of the ballot shall be communicated to the Committee on General 
Administration by the Secretary of the University Faculty. In case a 
member of the Faculty shall be a member of both groups, he may 
choose the group in which he will vote, and he may then vote and be 
voted for in that group and not in the other. 

3. There shall be a Librarian, who shall be elected by the Trustees 
by ballot and who shall have such duties and powers as may be im- 
posed upon him by the Trustees or by the Library Council within the 
powers possessed by it. 

Article XIII. The Adviser of Women. 

I. There shall be an Adviser of Women who shall be ex-officio a 
member of the University Faculty and she shall be equal in qualifica- 
tions and rank to a full Professor. She shall have the general charge 
of the interests of women students, and advise them in regard to all 
matters, subject to the statutes and rules and regulations of the 
Trustees, and of the general and special Faculties. She shall make 
an annual report to the President in regard to the work of the year, 
and in regard to any changes which she may deem advisable. 

Article XIV. The Summer Session. 

I. A Summer Session of the University is established, in which, in- 
struction shall be offered as shall be duly authorized. 



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2. The primary object of stich Summer Session shall be to furnish 
instruction to teachers in high schools and academies, but this aim 
shall not exclude provision also for the instruction of college pro- 
fessors and university students and others who are qualified to take 
the instruction. But said session shall not be used as a school to pre- 
pare students for entering the University. 

3. Instruction in said Session shall be of university grade and in 
general shall be entrusted to professors and not to the subordinate 
members of the Faculty. 

4. A Director of the summer session shall be appointed by the 
Trustees on the nomination of the President. He shall be its execu- 
tive officer and shall be responsible for the conduct of its work and 
shall make each year a report to the President on the condition and 
needs of the Session. Appointments to the teaching staff shall be 
made by the Board of Trustees, or the Committee on General Ad- 
ministration, on the nomination of the President and at such rate of 
compensation as may be established by the Trustees. But no member 
of the instructing staff of Cornell University shall be, either directly 
or indirectly, required to teach during the Summer Session and 
positions may be filled by the appointment of professors from other 
institutions provided always that satisfactory arrangements shall be 
made regarding University property for which heads of departments 
are now held responsible. 

ARTIC1.E XV. Instructing Staff, Appointment, and 
Tenure of Office. 

1. The President, all full professors, acting professors, and assistant 
professors of the higher grade shall be elected by the full Board of 
Trustees by ballot. When the Board shall receive from the President 
the nomination of a professor or assistant professor of the higher 
grade the Board shall proceed to confirm or reject such nomination, 
but such confirmation or rejection shall be by ballot, said ballot to be 
not by single open vote cast by any one person but by the ballots of 
all trustees voting, provided, however, that an appointment or re-ap- 
pointment for a period not exceeding one year may be made without 
ballot. 

2. There shall be two grades of assistant professors. Advance- 
ment from the first to the second grade shall not be made as matter 
of course, but only in the cases of those whose services are deemed 
to be of special value and whose ability, character, and scholarship 
justify the Board of Trustees in regarding them as qualified to become 
full professors here or elsewhere. 

3. Subject to other provisions herein for the retirement and re- 
moval of members of the instructing staff, all appointments thereto 
shall be for the following periods respectively: In the Medical College 



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in New York City and in the State Colleges for one year ; in all other 
colleges, in the case of full professors, for an indeterminate period 
unless otherwise specified at the time of appointment ; in the case 
of assistant professors for the term of five years ; and in the case 
of instructors and assistants, for one year, unless otherwise specified 
at the time of appointment and in any event for not more than two 
years ; in the cases of lecturers for one year or for such period not 
longer than a year as is specified at the time. Members of said staff 
appointed for a definite period shall not hold over, but at the expira- 
tion of said period their connection with the University shall cease 
unless they be reappointed. 

4. The term of appointment of every professor shall terminate, un- 
less sooner ended, at the June commencement next following his 
sixty-fifth birthday, unless such birthday occurs between commence- 
ment and the opening of the fall term, in which case such term of 
appointment shall cease with such birthday, but if such birthday 
occurs during the first term of the University year, the professor shall 
have the right to retire at the end of such term, subject to the right 
of the University to continue the services of any professor in the per. 
formance of all or part of his former professorial duties for one or 
more years thereafter under such title and at such compensation as 
may be agreed upon. 

5. If it becomes necessary to terminate the appointment of any pro- 
fessor before he arrives at the age of sixty-five, by reason of physical 
or mental infirmity (or other cause than misconduct) which renders 
him unable to perform satisfactorily some or all of his duties, the date 
of retirement shall be not earlier than the June commencement 
following the action of the Trustees in regard thereto. And in the 
event of retirement as last above specified before the age of sixty- 
five of some worthy professor who has faithfully served the University 
for many years, such professor thus retired may be retained to 
perform such duties as the President may direct and under such title 
and at such compensation and for such length of time as may be 
fixed by the Board of Trustees. 

6. It shall be the duty of members of the instructing staff to give 
to their University work all of their time which may be necessary 
to a full and satisfactory discharge of their duties and they shall be 
subject to removal at any time for inadequate or unsatisfactory 
performance of their duties and for misconduct. 

ART1C1.E XVI. I^EAVE OF Absence. 

Whenever any Professor, Acting Professor, or Assistant Professor 
has continuously served the University in one or more of such grades 



for at least seven years he may, subject to the approval of the Board of 
Trustees, have leave of absence for not more than one year upon 
half pay or for one term upon full pay upon the following limitations 
and conditions : 

1. Application for such absence must be made through the Presi- 
dent prior to the term preceding the term during which absence is 
desired. 

2. Not more than one absence from any department of instruction 
will be granted in any one year, and where more than one application 
from any department is made, precedence will be given in the order 
of seniority of service. 

3. Arrangements for continuing the work of instruction in case of 
such application must be made without expense to the University 
beyond the full salary of the absentee. 

4. Such a professor while remaining in Ithaca under a leave of 
absence as above provided shall not exercise the rights and duties of 
a professor in residence. 

Article XVII. The William H. Sage Pension Fund. 

1. This fund shall be designated " The William H. Sage Pension 
Fund," in honor of its founder, Mr. William H. Sage. 

2. The beneficiaries of the William H. Sage Pension Fund shall be 
(a) all full professors of Cornell University retired under the statute 
fixing the age limit at sixty-five, excluding full professors in the 
Medical College in New York Citj' and in the State or National In- 
stitutions at Ithaca or elsewhere for which Cornell University is re- 
sponsible, and (b) the President of the University, the Comptroller, 
the Registrar, the University L^ibrarian, the Treasurer, and the 
Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. 

3. The Fund shall be administered in accordance with the follow- 
ing regulations duly approved by the donor, to wit : 

A. No person entitled thereto shall be admitted to the prospective 
benefits of this Pension Fund without formal application in writing, 
which application must be acted upon favorably by the Board of 
Trustees, or by the Committee on General Administration, subject to 
the ratification of the Board of Trustees. 

B. The first condition of the enjoyment of any portion of the in- 
come of this Fund shall be the payment of annual contributions 
thereto on the part of the beneficiarj^ which contributions shall pro- 
vide for one-fourth of the .pension to be received. 

C. For the present the total pension payment to each beneficiary 
shall be $750.00 per annum. 



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D. The annual contributions by the beneficiaries, to be paid in 
semi-annual installments, shall be as follows : 



Age of beneficiary at 


No. of payments 


Annual 


date of application. 


Annual. 


payment 


30 


35 


I27 


31 


34 


28 


32 


33 


30 


33 


32 


31 


34 


31 


33 


35 


30 


35 


36 


29 


37 


37 


28 


39 


38 


27 


41 


39 


26 


43 


40 


25 


46 - 


41 


24 


49 


42 


23 


'52 


43 


22 


55 


44 


21 


59 


45 


20 


63 


46 


19 


67 


47 


18 


72 


48 


17 


78 


49 


16 


85 


50 


15 


92 


51 


14 


100 


52 


13 


no 


53 


12 


122 


54 


II 


135 


55 


10 


151 


56 


9 


171 


57 


8 


196 


58 


7 


228 


59 


6 


271 


60 


5 


332 


61 


4 


422 


62 


3 


572 


63 


2 


874 


64 


I 


1778 



The annual contributions of the beneficiaries to The William H. 
Sage Pension Fund as set forth in the preceding table shall be paid 
in two equal installments, to-wit: on the 15th of May and the 15th of 
December. 

E. In case of the resignation, removal, or death before reaching the 
age of sixty-five years of any beneficiary who contributes to the 



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Fund, his accumulated contributions, with interest thereon at the rate 
of three per cent per annum compounded semi-annually, shall be re- 
paid to him or to his estate, or if after being placed on the pension 
roll at sixty-five any beneficiary dies before he has received in pen- 
sion payments as much as the amount of his accumulated contribu- 
tions and interest thereon at the rate of three per cent per annum 
compounded semi-annually, the difference shall be paid to his estate. 

F. No annual contributions to the Pension Fund will be required 
from any beneficiary after he shall arrive at the age of sixty-five years. 
If after arriving at the age of sixty-five years any beneficiary, other 
than a professor, still remains in oflace, then the payment of his 
pension shall date from the time of his retirement from office. 
If, however, his retirement from office is because of his death, 
then the amount of his accumulated contributions with interest 
thereon at the rate of three per cent per annum, compounded semi- 
annually to the time of his death shall be paid to his estate. If in 
any contingency the aggregate amount of pensions paid to any bene- 
ficiary to the date of his death do not amount to as much as his 
accumulated contributions with interest thereon at the rate of three 
per cent per annum compounded semi-annually, then the difference 
shall be paid to his estate. 

G. The Pension Fund shall be subject entirely to the control of the 
Board of Trustees and shall be free from any claims except for pen- 
sions actually matured. And the Board reserves to itself the right, if, 
after an actuarial examination of the state of the Fund and of all 
matters connected therewith, it shall deem advisable, to amend the 
rules as to the terms of contribution, the rate of pension, or any other 
feature or circumstance ; and also in any particular case after a pro- 
fessor or other beneficiary has been admitted to the prospective bene- 
fits of the Pension Fund, to discontinue and terminate his position as 
a prospective pensioner, upon condition, however, that the Univer- 
sity return to him all of his contributions, with interest thereon at 
three per cent per annum compounded semi-annually to the date of 
such discontinuance. 

4. The lease to a professor of a lot on the campus shall not be termi- 
nated by his retirement on either a Carnegie or Sage Pension. 

Article XVIII. Tuition and Other Fees. 

I. All students attending the University and not expressly exempted 
from the payment thereof shall pay such tuition and other fees, at 
such times and in such manner, as may be fixed by the Board of 
Trustees, and the power is expressly reserved by said Board at any 
time and without prior notice to make siich increases and changes in 
the amount, time, and manner of payment of any and all of such fees 
as to it may seem proper. 



2. In addition to students exempt under the charter of the Univer- 
sity from the payment of tuition the following to the extent herein 
mentioned shall also be exempt from such payment of fees : 

(A) Students pursuing full, special, and short courses in the State 
Agricultural and Veterinary Colleges who at the beginning of the col- 
lege year are and for at least twelve months prior thereto have been 
bona fide residents of the State of New York, and graduate students 
pursuing graduate work in said colleges, shall be exempt from pay- 
ment of tuition fees, provided, however, that no student shall be 
allowed to transfer from any such course to another course where tui- 
tion is charged without first paying the regular tuition fees for the 
hours for which he receives credit in the latter course. 

(B) Members of the instructing staff registered in the Graduate 
School and having their major subject in the college or line of work 
in which they are instructing, or already having a degree and regis- 
tered for work leading to the first degree in the college in which they 
are instructing, shall be exempt from the payment of tuition, and 
from the payment of laboratory and shop fees in the department in 
which they are employed to give instruction. Members of the 
instructing staff taking work for which they are not entitled to free 
tuition shall be charged tuition in proportion to the amount of work 
for which they are registered. 

Article XIX. Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships. 

I. There have been established at the University the following 
Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships : 

(a) Thirteen University Fellowships, the administration of which 
is vested in the Faculty of the Graduate School, of which eight are 
and shall be denominated respectively, the Cornell Fellowship, the 
McGraw Fellowship, the Sage Fellowship, the Schuyler Fellow- 
ship, the Sibley Fellowship, the Goldwin Smith Fellowship, the 
President White Fellowship, and the Erastus Brooks Fellowship. 

Said fellowships have been and are assigned, one to each of the_ 
following departments or groups of departments : Mathematics; 
Chemistry ; Physics ; Civil Engineering ; Neurology, Physiology, and 
Vertebrate Zoology (including Anatomical Methods and Human 
Anatomy and Microscopy, Histology, and Embryology ) with Inverte- 
brate Zoology and Entomology ; Botany, Geology, and Physical 
Geography ; Architecture ; Agriculture and Horticulture and Veter- 
inary Science ; English ; Germanic Languages ; Romance Languages ; 
and two to Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. 

(b) Two President White Fellowships, denominated, first, the 
President White Fellowship in Modern History, second, the Presi- 
dent White Fellowship in Political and Social Science. 



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(c) Three Susan Linn Sage Fellowships in Philosophy, 

(d) Two Fellowships in Fconomics. 

(e) Two Fellowships in Greek and Latin. 

(f ) One Fellowship in American History. 

(g) Six Graduate Scholarships in the Susan Linn Sage School of 
Philosophy. 

(h) Ten graduate scholarships, which have been assigned, one to 
each of the following departments or groups of departments : Mathe- 
matics ; Chemistry ; Physics ; Civil Engineering ; Latin and Greek ; 
Archaeology and Comparative Philology ; Neurology, Physiology, 
and Vertebrate Zoology (including Anatomical Methods and Human 
Anatomy and Microscopy, Histology, and Embryology), with In- 
vertebrate Zoology and Entomology ; Botany, Geology, and Physical 
Geography ; English ; History. 

The President White Fellowships in History and Political and 
Social Science shall have a cash value of I500 each and all other 
University fellowships a cash value of I400 each, and University 
graduate scholarships shall have a cash value of |2oo each. In ad- 
dition the holders respectively of such fellowships and scholarships 
shall be exempt from the payment of tuition fees. When a fellowship 
is temporarily made a traveling fellowship the cash value thereof 
shall be increased by an amount equal to the tuition fees from which 
exemption would have been en j oyed if the holder had remained at 
the University. 

2. All candidates for fellowships and graduate scholarships must 
be graduates of this University, or of some other institution having 
equivalent courses of instruction, and must be of high character and 
marked ability in some important department of study. 

3. Fellows and graduate scholars shall be selected by the Faculty of 
the Graduate School on the recommendation of those teachers 
giving graduate instruction in the subject or subjects to which the 
fellowship or graduate scholarship is assigned and under such condi- 
tions and regulations as may from time to time be prescribed. 

4. Honorary Fellowships shall be open only to persons holding the 
degree of doctor and shall be conferred only upon persons in actual 
attendance upon the University. There shall be no emoluments 
attached to such fellowships except exemption from tuition and other 
fees except laboratory fees. Such fellowships shall be awarded by the 
Faculty of the Graduate School subject to the foregoing conditions, 
and any fellow may be dispossessed of his fellowship by said Faculty 
in like manner and for like cause as in the case of other fellowships. 

' Artici^e; XX. Undergraduate Scholarships. 

I. There have been established by the University thirty-six Under- 
graduate Scholarships, each of the annnal value of jj5200.oo. 



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2. Four of said scholarships in each case are respectively designated 
as follows : The Cornell Scholarships ; the Lord Scholarships ; the 
McGraw Scholarships ; the Sage Scholarships ; the Sibley Scholar- 
ships ; the President White Scholarships ; the Horace Greeley Scholar- 
ships ; the John Stanton Gould Scholarships ; the Stewart L. Wood, 
ford Scholarships. 

3. The scholarships shall be awarded subject to such conditions and 
regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the University 
Faculty for the first two years of any course on the basis of excellence 
in special examinations held at the beginning of the freshman year. 

4. No scholarship shall be awarded to any candidate who has not 
met the full entrance requirements or who is reported markedly 
deficient in any subject in which he is examined ; and the right is 
reserved to fill fewer than eighteen scholarships in the absence of a 
sufficient number of duly qualified candidates. 

5. The University Faculty shall fill all University Undergraduate 
Scholarships in accordance with provisions and regulations in respect 
thereto adopted by the Trustees, and it shall be the duty of the 
Faculty, through its Secretary, to certify to the Treasurer all appoint- 
ments to such scholarships, immediately after such action has been 
taken. 

Article XXI. Miscellaneous Provisions. 

1. All graduates of the first degree, in any of the departments of 
Cornell University, and all persons who have been admitted to any 
degree higher than the first in the University shall be Alumni of said 
University, 'and as such shall be entitled to vote for Alumni Trustees 
under and in pursuance of the provisions contained in Chapter 763 of 
the Laws of New York passed in 1867, and the amendments thereto. 

2. In addition to the powers and duties in the foregoing provisions 
conferred, the various persons, officers, faculties, and committees 
shall continue to exercise the powers and be subject to the duties 
heretofore enjoyed or imposed by usage, custom, and ordinary prac- 
tice in so far as they are consistent with the positive legislation herein 
contained ; and in so far as may be necessary and proper for carry- 
ing into effect these provisions. 

3. These statutes may be amended at any meeting of the Board of 
Trustees, but only by the concurrent vote of a majority of the total 
membership of the Board. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



Article I. The FacuIvTy. 

1. No degree shall be conferred until graduating fees and all dues 
to the University have been paid, or satisfactorily arranged ; nor 
shall any Faculty grant an application for leave of absence unless 
such application is endorsed by the Treasurer, certifying that all dues 
have been paid or satisfactorily arranged. In order that there may 
be no delay, it is required that all candidates for graduation shall 
pay oi satisfactorily arrange all accounts due the University, including 
graduating fees, at least ten days before the time for conferring 
degrees, but in case of failure to graduate the graduating fee will be 
returned. 

2. All Faculties shall keep a complete record of their respective 
proceedings and general legislation may be printed at the expense of 
the University. 

All officers of instruction are expected to be present for duty at the 
University from the beginning of each term to the close of the ex- 
aminations ; and at the end of the year, until the close of Commence- 
ment day. Officers of instruction below the grade of instructor are 
excused from attendance at the commencement exercises. Applica- 
tions for absence of not more than seven days shall be made to the 
President, of more than seven days to the Committee on General 
Administration. 

3. No member of the instructing staff shall, for his owiU profit or 
gain, engage directly or indirectly in the sale of materials to students 
of the University and no member of such instructing staff shall pre- 
pare examination questions for or pass upon an examination paper of 
any student to whom he has given private instruction. 

4. The head of each of the different departments of instruction, 
shall, on or before the fifteenth day of June in each year, and as of 
that date, furnish to the Comptroller a full and true inventory of the 
personal property belonging to the University in his department or 
under his control, together with a list of all articles presented to the 
University during the year for the use of his department with the 
value of the same and the names of the donors. 

5. No member of the instructing staff of the University shall assist 
directly or indirectly in the preparation of any competitor for a Uni- 
versity undergraduate scholarship, or take any other action that might 
result in the slightest real or apparent advantage to one competitor over 

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another. The heads of the departments concerned shall be responsible 
for the secrecy of the examination questions and shall take special 
precautions during the process of typesetting and printing. Each ex- 
amination shall be in charge of a professor or an assistant professor, 
and no person below the grade of instructor shall act as proctor or 
reader, or have access to the papers of the competitors. 

6. No person shall be allowed to borrow or take away from their 
particular places in the 'University buildings, or their particular use 
on the University grounds, any property of the University without an 
order from the professor responsible therefor, or in his absence, an 
order in writing signed by the President, the Comptroller, or the 
Treasurer. 

7. Every assistant professor and instructor shall act as examiner 
upon the written request of the head of the department wherein the 
examination is to be held. 

Article II. The Medical College at New York City. 

1. The Dean of the Medical College at New York shall make an 
annual report to the President on the conditions and needs of the 
College, and from time to time shall make such other reports and 
recommendations as may seem to be called for. 

He shall make all requisitions against appropriations other than 
departmental appropriations, and shall certify all vouchers to be 
charged against the Medical College. 

2. The Secretary of the Faculty shall perform the usual duties of a 
secretary. He shall be the medium of communication between the 
Faculty and students, and between the Faculty and the junior 
instructors and assistants, and he shall, subject to the direction of the 
Dean, conduct all the correspondence of the Faculty. 

3. The Secretary of the Faculty shall keep a record of all applicants 
for admissipn to the Medical College matriculating with him and 
three days after the close of such matriculation day, shall make and 
certify a list of all students matriculated, in triplicate, giving full 
names, and, as far as possible, home and city addresses, and transmit 
one copy thereof to the Registrar of Cornell Universit}', one to the 
Treasurer of Cornell University, and one copy to the Clerk of the Cor- 
nell University Medical College. 

Any student or students matriculating after matriculation day shall 
be reported immediately to the Registrar, the Treasurer of the Uni- 
versity, and the Clerk of the College, and the names shall be added 
to the matriculation list for the year. 

4. A Clerk of the Cornell University Medical College shall be 
appointed by the Board of Trustees, or its Committee on General 



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Administration. He shall be under the control of and immediately 
responsible to the Dean of the College ; he shall keep the general 
accounts of the College, and all accounts with the students ; collect 
tuition fees, laboratory and other dues, under such rules as may be 
prescribed, and pay all moneys collected, to the Treasurer of Cornell 
University, in such manner as may from time to time be prescribed 
by the latter, accompanied by a statement showing from whom col- 
lected, and upon what account, i. e., tuition, laboratory, or other 
dues ; he shall transmit to said Treasurer on February ist and on 
July ] st of each year a balance sheet of the books of the Medical Col- 
lege in such form as said officer may prescribe ; he shall make all con- 
tracts and purchases for the Medical College, as prescribed below under 
the head of purchases ; he shall, by and with the advice and approval 
of the Dean of the College, engage, superintend, and dismiss all janitors 
and other servants, and shall, under the Dean, have general charge 
of the buildings and equipments of the College, and see that they are 
at all times kept in repair and properly cared for. 

5. Said Clerk shall on the ist and 15th of each month transmit all 
bills against the College, properly certified and audited, in accordance, 
with regulations now or hereafter established, to the Treasurer of 
Cornell University for payment, provided, however, that the Treas- 
urer of Cornell University be and he is authorized in his discretion to 
keep on deposit with the Dean of said Medical College, a sum not 
exceeding I500, which the Dean of said Medical College may hold in 
his private account, as a petty cash account, for use in the payment 
of urgency bills, not exceeding $10 each, vouchers for bills so paid to 
be perfected in the regular manner, and forwarded to the Treasurer of 
Cornell University, duly receipted, on the ist and 15th of each month. 

6. Heads of departments, or the Secretary of the Faculty acting at 
their request, shall, at the beginning of each year, certify in duplicate, 
a list of all students in their respective departments, chargeable with 
laboratory dues, or other dues, and of deposits to secure the same, and 
shall send one copy of such list to the Treasurer of the University, and 
one copy to the Clerk of the Cornell University Medical College, and 
in case any student so certified as being subject to laboratory dues or 
other fees or deposit, shall fail within ten days from the filing of such 
list with the Clerk of the College to present to the head of such 
department the Clerk's receipt for the amount for which he is liable, 
such student shall be excluded from work in that department until 
satisfactory arrangement for the payment of dues shall have been 
made. 

Heads of departments shall exclude from all work in their depart- 
ments any student who shall be reported b}' the Clerk of the College 
as in default in payment of tuition or other dues. 



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7- The Dean of the College shall make requisition on the Clerk for 
all purchases and expenses chargeable to appropriations, other than 
departmental appropriations, and shall audit all bills against these 
appropriations. 

Heads of departments shall make requisition on the Clerk for all 
purchases and materials to be purchased for their departments within 
the appropriations made to their respective departments, and shall 
audit all bills to be charged to their departments, which bills shall 
also be certified by the Dean of the College. 

No purchases shall be made or indebtedness created for or on ac- 
count of the Cornell University Medical College, until after an appro- 
priation therefor has been made by the Board of Trustees of Cornell 
University, nor shall any purchases be made or indebtedness created 
except upon an order from the Clerk of the College. 

8. A form of contract shall be adopted and execution thereof re- 
quired by the physician in charge of the X-ray laboratory by all adult 
patients receiving X-ray treatment and by parents and guardians in 
the case and on behalf of minors, relieving and releasing the Univer- 
sity and said Medical College from liability on account of said 
treatment. 

9. Members of the instructing staff shall be permitted to give post- 
graduate instruction to students registered in the College and their 
compensation shall be the amount of the tuition fee, which in each 
case shall be twenty-five dollars (I25.00). 

10. The laboratory fees in said College shall be as follows : 

ist year $35.00 

2nd year 30.00 

3rd year 30.00 

4th year 25.00 
No laboratory fees shall be remitted because of previous instruction 
elsewhere in the subject. The fee for each special course shall be $25, 
except in dissection where the fee shall be $15, a laboratory fee. 

11. Each student in the first three 3-ears shall be required to de- 
posit with the Clerk 1 10 each year on account of breakage, and if 
the amount charged for breakage is less than $10 the difference will 
be returned at the end of each year. All tuition and laboratory fees 
shall be payable in advance, but the clerk, in the case of students 
unable to pay, is authorized to accept not less than $50 in advance, 
on condition that the remainder be paid not later than January ist 
next ensuing. 

Article HI. The Library. 

I. It shall be the duty of the Library Council annually to apportion 
the funds available for the purchase of books among the various de- 
partments of instruction in such manner as may best accord with the 



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interests of tlie University. After the apportionment of the book 
funds each year shall have been made by the Library Council the 
Comptroller shall have authority, unless otherwise instructed, to pur- 
chase books approved by the Council, not exceeding the amount of 
the appropriation available therefor, but no subordinate shall be em- 
ployed, salaries paid, or expenses of any kind incurred which shall 
not first have been approved by the Committee on General Adminis- 
tration, and after an appropriation has been duly made therefor. All 
business of a financial character shall be transacted through the 
Comptroller of the University. 

2. The duties of the Librarian shall be to have charge of the 
internal administration, and be responsible for the proper care, of the 
Library, to keep it in complete working order for the use of profes- 
sors, students, and others entitled to use it ; to conduct its corre- 
spondence ; to make an annual report to the President of its condi- 
tion, and of all additions to it ; and to perform such other duties as 
may be imposed upon him from time to time by the Trustees. 

3. The Librarian shall have power to apjyrove orders, signed by 
professors at the head of departments, for ordinary working books, 
but all orders for costly or otherwise exceptional books shall be re- 
ferred to the Library Council for approval. 

4. Subject to the approval of the Library Council and of the Com- 
mittee on General Administration, the selection and purchase of 
books in the fields of study to which the President White Library is 
specially devoted, in accordance with the resolutions of the Trustees 
of the University adopted January 19, 1887, are entrusted to a body 
consisting of the President of the University, ex-officio, Ex-President 
White, the Librarian of the University, the Librarian of the President 
White Library, ex-officio, and one representative to be chosen by the 
Library Council from the special faculty of History and Political 
Science. 

5. The fields of study in which the selection and purchase of books 
for the President White Library may be made shall be interpreted to 
be: (i) General History and the sciences auxiliary to histor}' (as 
geography, chronology, palaeography, diplomatics, numismatics, 
archaeology): (2) Ancient History, Oriental and European ; (3) 
Mediaeval History, political, social, and ecclesiastical ; (4) Modern 
History of the Old World. 

ART1C1.E IV. Tuition and Other Fees. 

I. At the beginning of each term all students except those enrolled 
in the short winter course in agriculture are required to obtain a cer- 
tificate of registration from the Registrar of the University and no 
student will be permitted to attend any University exercise until he 



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has obtained such certificate. In cases where time is necessary in 
order to secure proper credentials of admission, provisional registra- 
tion for a limited period may be issued by the Registrar on the 
request of the proper college authority. Except as otherwise expressly 
provided, students on registering in the University become liable for 
payment of tuition and fees for the term. 

2. The annual tuition and fees for students not exempt from pay- 
ment thereof are hereby fixed as follows : 

Tuition for the academic year $150 ; tuition for the third term in 
Agriculture $75. 

Tuition for students registered in the Summer Session $30 and for 
those enrolled in the short winter course in Agriculture 125. 

3. Students registering after December ist or April ist, shall pay 
for the remainder of the current term two-thirds of the tuition fixed 
for the full term. 

Students registering in the Summer Session after completion of the 
first three weeks thereof shall pay two-thirds of the tuition fixed for 
the full session. 

4. Except as otherwise provided, graduate students in the Univer- 
sity shall be charged tuition at the rate charged in the college in 
which the major subject is taken, and in the case of graduate students 
taking no major subject the tuition shall be fixed at the rate charged 
in the college where two-thirds of the work is done. 

5. Shop and laboratory fees shall be charged in such amounts and 
shall be payable in such manner and at such times as have been or 
may be fixed by the Board of Trustees. 

6. A matriculation fee of I5.00 shall be charged to all students on 
entering the University. A fee of I5.00 shall be charged to each per- 
son registering for the first time in the University Summer Session. 
Each person receiving a first degree from the University shall pay 
therefor a fee of |io, except in the Medical College in the City of New 
York, where such fee shall be $25, and each person receiving an 
advanced degree shall pay therefor a fee of 120. Such graduation fee 
shall be collected by the Treasurer at least ten days before the con- 
ferring of the degree. 

All fees due from a student must, iinless specifically waived, be paid 
before he shall receive his degree. 

7. No student shall receive the master's degree who has not paid 
tuition for at least one full year, and no one shall receive the doctor's 
degree who has not paid full tuition for at least three years, unless 
one or more of the years spent in studj' for the doctors's degree shall 
have been spent in graduate study at another university. 

8. Tuition at Ithaca shall be payable as follows : 

I85 thereof at the beginning of the first term and ^65 thereof at the 
beginning of the second term ; 



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In tlie short winter courses and in the Summer Session, tuition and 
fees shall be due on the first registration day and must be paid within 
five days thereafter. 

9. If students in the Summer Session or short winter courses in the 
College of Agriculture shall withdraw within five days after the first 
registration day for the session or course, or if a student in any other 
course or department than those last mentioned shall withdraw from 
the University within twenty days after the first registration day for a 
term, any tuition paid by him or liability incurred therefor may for 
reasons satisfactory to the Comptroller and Registrar be refunded or 
cancelled. 

10. On application at the time of withdrawal a student in the Sum- 
mer Session withdrawing within two weeks from the first registration 
day for such session, or a stiJdent in the winter course in the College 
of Agriculture withdrawing within four weeks from the first day of 
registration for said course, or a student in the Medical College in 
New York withdrawing before December ist, or a student in any 
other department withdrawing not later than November 15th in the 
first term or April ist in the second term, may, for reasons satisfac- 
tory to the Comptroller and the Registrar, or in the case of the 
Medical College in New York, to the Dean thereof, have refunded to 
him one-half of the tuition paid by him for said session, course, or 
term. 

Article V. Fei<i<owships and Graduate SchoIvArships. 

1. All applications for Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships must 
be filed with the Dean of the Graduate School on or before the 15th 
of March of the collegiate year preceding the year for which the ap- 
plication is made. Blank forms for application may be obtained 
from the Dean. 

2. The term of each fellowship and graduate scholarship shall be 
one year, but this term may be extended to two years, providing the 
extension does not increase the number of fellows and graduate 
scholars beyond that named in paragraph i of Article XIX of the 
Statutes. 

3. The moneys due on fellowships and graduate scholarships shall 
be payable at the ofiice of the Treasurer of the University in six equal 
installments, on October 15, December i, January 15, February 15, 
April I, and June i. 

4. No person shall hold at one time more than one fellowship or 
graduate scholarship, except in the case hereafter specified under 
paragraph 9 of these rules, and any fellow or scholar may be dis- 
possessed of the income of the fellowship or graduate scholarship by 
action of the Faculty of the Graduate School, if guilty of any offense 
or of any course of conduct which in the opinion of said Faculty shall 



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render the holder unworthy of retaining such fellowship or graduate 
scholarship, but final action in such cases by the Faculty shall be by 
ballot, and shall require a two-thirds vote of those present. 

5. Vacancies in fellowships and graduate scholarships which occur 
after October ist, shall be filled only by a three-fourths vote of the 
Faculty present. 

6. Every person elected to a fellowship or graduate scholarship 
shall be required, upon accepting his appointment to file a bond in 
an amount equal to the yearly value of such fellowship or graduate 
scholarship (with two sureties to be approved by the Comptroller), 
conditioned upon the repayment to the University in case of failure to 
complete the term for which he was appointed of any sums which he 
may have received. 

7. In all cases where fellowships and graduate scholarships are not 
awarded, or where, from any cause, the income of one or more fellow- 
ships or graduate scholarships shall cease to be paid, or where the 
aggregate sum paid to the holders shall be less than the amount con- 
templated by this act, the surplus thus accruing shall be covered into 
the general income account at the close of the year. 

8. Either or both of the President White Fellowships in History 
and Political Science may, in the discretion of the Faculty of the 
Graduate School, be made traveling fellowships for the purpose of 
study and investigation, the holder thereof making from time to 
time to said Faculty such reports of progress as may be required. In 
such case there shall be added to the regular value of the fellowship 
an amount equal to the amount of the tuition fee from which said 
fellow would have been exempt if remaining at the University. In 
case of a student of very exceptional ability and promise in the fields 
of either of these fellowships, the two fellowships may, in the dis- 
cretion of said Faculty, for the sake of enabling very thorough re- 
search, be combined for a single year into one. 

9. Upon the recommendation of the Faculty of the Graduate 
School, a University fellowship may be divided for a single year into 
two graduate scholarships, the value of each to be one-half of that 
of the divided fellowship. No fellowship shall be thus divided 
oftener than once in two years. 

Article VI. Undergraduate Scholarships. 

I. The holder of a University undergraduate scholarship shall for- 
feit his rights thereto in case he shall, during incumbency, change the 
course in which he registered at the time of receiving the award, 
unless the records of admissions shall show that, at the time of the 
holder's admission to the University, all the subjects required for 
admission to the course last chosen were passed. All candidates 



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must state before the scholarships are awarded what course they in- 
tend to pursue. 

2. Any person shall be debarred from competition for these scholar- 
ships who shall have participated in any previous competition for the 
same or shall have been previously registered as a student in this Uni- 
versity, or in any other university or college. 

3. Any such scholarship shall be forfeited at any time in case 
two-thirds of the ^University Faculty present at any meeting, notice 
of such proposed action having been given a^ the last preceding meet- 
ing of said Faculty, shall decide that the holder thereof has been 
guilty of negligence or of failure to maintain a high standard of 
scholarship, or of conduct of any kind that is unbecoming a scholar- 
ship holder. 

4. Whenever any of these scholarships shall for any reason become 
vacant, the vacancy shall be filled as the University Faculty may 
determine. 

5. The moneys due on these scholarships shall be paid at the office 
of the Treasurer of the University in two equal payments, on the 15th 
of February, and the 15th of June, upon the certificate of the chair- 
man of the scholarship committee that the record of the holder is 
satisfactory. 

6. Special fellowships, scholarships, and prizes shall be governed by, 
and administered in accordance with the terms of the gift or donation. 

ARTICIvE VII. MlSCEIvT^ANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

1 . The Comptroller is authorized and directed at the close of the 
fiscal year, to add to the appropriations of special funds any actual 
income received in excess of the amount appropriated at the beginning 
of the year. 

2. In the case of teachers and others with regular employment 
during the major part of the day, who desire to do special 
work in the University during the limited time at their disposal, the 
matter of adjusting the amount of tuition to be paid is referred to the 
Comptroller and Registrar with power. 

3. The sale of refreshments, papers, or merchandise on the campus, 
outside of the buildings, is prohibited, except on permit to be issued 
by the Comptroller. 

4. The University Calendar shall be governed by the following 
rules : 

The first day of instruction shall be the last Thursday in September 
and Commencement shall be on Wednesday of the thirty-eighth fol- 
lowing week. 

The year shall consist of two terms, each of one hundred session 



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days, including instruction days and days given to the examination 
period known as block week, but not including Sundays or vacations. 

Vacations shall be as follows : Thanksgiving Day ; at Christmas an 
average of eleven week days ; ^founder's Day ; Junior week, three 
days following block week, the third day, Saturday, being Registration 
day for the second term ; spring vacation, four week daj-s beginning 
on a Thursday near the ist of April; Navy and Spring Day, the 
Saturday nearest the 30th of May. 

5. Subject to the water and power needs of the University, the 
Hydraulic Laboratory is in charge of the College of Civil Engineer- 
ing, but the Dean of the College of Civil Engineering shall provide 
reasonable opportunity for the use of the Hydraulic Laboratory by 
other departments of the University. 



INDEX 

References are to pages. 

Adviser of Women, 15. 
Agricultural College : 

I, 2. Agricultural College Council, 14. 

3. Appointments and salaries, 14. 

4. Purchases, 14. 
Alumni, 23. 
Alumni Trustees, 23. 
Amendment of Statutes, 23. 
Appropriations limited to income, 4. 
Assistant Professors, 16. 
Attorney of the University, 7. 

Audit and payment of bills of Medical College at New York, 26. 
Audit of Accounts, 4. 
Auditor, 6. 

Bonds : 

Comptroller, 6. 

Treasurer and Assistants, 8. 

Fellows and Graduate Scholars, 31. 
Buildings and Grounds Committee, 4. 

Calendar of the University, 32-33. 

Clerk of the Medical College at New York, 26. 

Comptroller : 

1. General duties, 5. 

2. Annual report, 5. 

3. Execution of legal instruments, 6. 

4. Bond, 6. 

5. Purchases, 6. 

6. To discharge and assign mortgages, 6. 

7. To sign checks and receipts, 6. 

8. To designate auditor, 6. 

9. Investments, 7. 
Customary powers and duties, 23. 

Dean of Medical College at New York, 12, 25. 
Deans : 

1. Appointment, 11. 

2. General duties, 11. 

3. Special duties, 11. 

4. Dean of College of Arts and Sciences and Dean of Graduate 

School, II. 



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Degrees, i, 5, 24. 
Departments and Colleges, i. 



Election of Professors, 16. 

Examinations for undergraduate scholarships, 24-25. 

Examiners, 25. 

Executive Officers of the University, 2. 

Expenses of Trustees, 4. 

Expenses of candidates for appointment, 7. 

Faculties : 

1. Departments and courses of study, 8-9. 

2. Enumeration of the faculties and their general duties, 9. 

3. Constitution and powers : 

A. University Faculty, 9. 

B. Special faculties, 9-10. 

C. Graduate School Faculty, 10. 

4. Secretaries and committees, 10. 

5. Consultation committees to meet with the standing committees 

of the Board of Trustees, 10. 

6. 7. Representatives of the University Faculty on the Board of 

Trustees, lo-ii. 
Faculty : Rules and Regulations : 

1. Fees to be paid by students before receiving degrees or leave of 

absence, 24. 

2. Record of proceedings to be kept, 24. Temporary leave of 

absence, 24. 

3. Tutoring and sale of material to students, 24. 

4. Inventory of University property, 24. 

5. Examination for undergraduate scholarships, 24, 

6. Removal of University property, 25. 

7. Examiners, 25. 

Faculty. See also Instructing Staff. 
Fees : Medical College at New York, 26, 27. 
Fees. See also Tuition and other fees. 
Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships : 

1. List and statement of cash value of each, 21-22. 

2. Candidates, 22. 

3. Selection by Faculty of Graduate School, 22. 

4. Honorary fellowships, 22. 

Fellowships and Graduate Scholarships : Rules and Regulations : 

1. Applications, 30. 

2. Term of incumbency, 30. 

3. Payments, 30. 

4. Dispossession for cause, 30-31. 



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5- Vacancies, 31. 

6. Bonds to be given, 31. 

7. Surplus income, 31. 

8. Traveling fellowships, 31. 

9. Division of fellowships, 31. 
Finance Committee, 3. 

General Administration Committee, 2. 
Graduate Scholarships, 21-22. 
Graduate School Faculty, 10. 
Graduate Students : Tuition, 29. 
Graduation Fees, 24, 29. 

Honorary Fellowships, 22. 
Hydraulic Laboratory, 33. 

Income of Special Funds, 32. 

Instructing Staff, Appointment and Tenure of Office. 

1. Election of president, professors, and assistant professors of 

higher grade, 16. 

2. Grades of assistant professors, 16. 

3. Tenure of office, 16. 

4. Retirement on reaching age limit, 17. 

5. Retirement by reason of infirmity, 17. 

6. Removal for cause, 17. 
Instructing Staff : Duties, 24. 
Inventories, 24. 
Investments, 7. 

Laboratory Fees, 29. 

Leases of lots on Campus, 20. 

Leave of Absence, 17-18 : 

1. Applications for leave of absence, 18. 

2. Not more than one leave of absence to be granted in any depart- 

ment, 18. 

3. Instruction to be continued without expense to the University, 18. 

4. Professors on leave not to exercise rights and duties of professors 

in residence, iS. 
Leave of Absence : Students, 24. 
Librarian, 15, 28. 
Library : 

1. Library Council, 14. 

2. Elections of faculty members of the Council, 15. 

3. Librarian, 15. 



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Library : Rules and Regulations : 

1. Financial administration, 27-28. 

2. Duties of the Librarian, 28. 

3. Purchase of books, 28. 

4. 5. President White Library, 28. 
Loomis Laboratory, 13. 

Matriculation Fee, 29. 

Matriculation in Medical College at New York, 12, 25. 

Medical College at New York : 

1. Medical College Council, 12. 

2. Dean, 12. 

3. Matriculation of students, 12. 

4. Loomis Laboratory, 13. 

Medical College at New York : Rules and Regulations : 

1. Duties of the Dean, 25. 

2. Duties of the Secretary, 25. 

3. Matriculation of students, 25. 

4. Duties of the Clerk, 25-26. 

5. Audit and payment of bills, 26. 

6. Fees and dues, 26. 

7. Requisitions and purchases, 27. 

8. X-ray treatment. Release from liability, 27. 

9. Post-graduate instruction, 27. 

10. Laboratory fees, 27. 

11. Deposits for breakage ; Payment of fees, 27. 
Miscellaneous Statutes : 

1. Alumni, 23. 

2. Customary powers and duties, 23. 

3. Amendment of Statutes, 23. 

New York State College of Agriculture. See Agricultural College. 
New York State Veterinary College. See Veterinary College. 

Officers of Instruction. See Instructing Staff. 

Peddling on Campus, 32. 
President : 

1. Offices, 4. 

2. Medium of communication between Trustees and Faculty, 4. 

3. Duties, 4-5. 

4. Annual Report, 5. 

5. Supervision of Official Publications, 5. 

6. Execution of legal instruments and granting of degrees, 5. 

7. Traveling expenses, 5. 
President White Library, 28. 



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Prizes : Rules and Regulations, 32. 

Professorial Pension Fund. See William H. Sage Pension Fund. 
Property of the University not to be removed without permission, 25. 
Purchases to be made by Comptroller, 6. 

Records of Proceedings of Faculties, 24. 

Refund of Tuition, 30. 

Registrar, 12. 

Registration, 28. 

Requisitions and Purchases : New York Medical College, 27. 

Retirement and Removal of Professors, 17. 

Rules and Regulations, 24-33. 

Rules and Regulations : Miscellaneous provisions : 

1. Income of special funds, 32. 

2. Tuition for special work, 32. 

3. Peddling on Campus, 32. 

4. Calendar of the University, 32. 

5. Hydraulic Laboratory, 33. 

Sabbatical Year. See Leave of Absence. 

Sale of materials by Instructing Staff, 24. 

Sales on Campus, 32. 

Secretary of Medical Faculty at New York, 25. 

Secretary of the University, 12. 

Shop Fees, 29. 

Short Winter Courses in Agriculture : Tuition, 29, 30. 

Special Faculties, 9-10. 

Special Funds : Income, 32. 

Special Work : Tuition, 32. 

Statutes, 1-23. 

Summer Session : 

1. Summer Session established, 15. 

2. Object of the Summer Session, 16. 

3. Instruction of university grade, 16. 

4. Director and teaching staff, 16. 
Summer Session : Tuition, 29-30. 

Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, 8. ' 

Tenure of Ofl&ce, 16. 
Treasurer : 

1. Powers and duties, 7. 

2. Expenses of candidates for corps of instruction, 7. 

3. Discharge and assignment of mortgages, 7. 

4. To sign checks, 8. 



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5. To receipt for federal and state funds, 8. 

6. Bonds, 8. 

7. Miscellaneous duties, 8. 
Trustees : 

1. Powers and duties, i. 

2. Quorum, i. 

3. Meetings, i. 

4. Officers of the Board, 2. 

5. Executive Officers of the University, 2. 

6. Standing Committees : 

A. General Administration, 2-3. 

B. Finance, 3. 

C. Buildings and Grounds, 4. 

7. Expenses, 4. 

8. Appropriations limited to income, 4. 

9. Annual audit of accounts, 4. 
Tuition : 

1. General rules, 20. 

2. Exemptions : 

A. In the State Colleges, 21. » 

B. In the Graduate School, 21. 

Tuition and other Fees : Rules and Regulations : 

1. Registration, 28. 

2. Regular tuition fees, 29. 

3. Tuition in case of late registration, 29. 

4. Graduate students, 29. 

5. Shop and laboratory fees, 29. 

6. Matriculation and graduation fees, 29. 

7. Tuition for master's and doctor's degrees, 29. 

8. Payment for tuition at Ithaca, 29-30. 

9. ID. Refund of tuition on withdrawal from the University, 30. 
Tutoring by Instructing Staff, 24. 

Undergraduate Scholarships : 

1. Number and value, 22. 

2. Designations, 23. 

3. Conditions and regulations, 23. 

4. Only duly qualified candidates to be appointed, 23. 

5. Appointments to be made by the University Faculty, 23. 
Undergraduate Scholarships : Rules and Regulations : 

1. Forfeiture for change of course, 31. 

2. Competitors, 32. 

3. Forfeiture for negligence or misconduct, 32. 

4. Vacancies, 32. 



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5. Paynients, 32. 

6. Special fellowships, scholarships, and prizes, 32. 
University : 

1. Departments and colleges, i. 

2. Degrees, i. 

University : Executive officers, 2. 

University Faculty, 9. 

University Faculty : Representatives on Board of Trustees, 10. 

University Library. See Library. 

Vacations, 33. 
Veterinary College : 

1. Veterinary College Couneil, 13. 

2. Powers, duties, and meetings of the Council, 13. 

3. Appointments and salaries, 13. 

4. Purchases authorized, 13. 

William H. Sage Pension Fund : 

1. Name of Fund, 18. 

2. Beneficiaries, 18. 

3. Regulations : 

A. Applications, 18. 

B. Contributions by beneficiaries, 18. 

C. Amount of pension, 18. 

D. Table showing annual contributions by beneficiaries, 19. 

E. Repayment of contributions in case-of resignation, removal, 

or death, 19. 

F. Repayment of balance of contributions that exceed total 

pension payments, 20. 

G. These rules subject to amendment, 20. 

4. Pensioners not liable to termination of lease of lots on Campus, 20. 

X-Ray Treatment : Release from liability, 27. 



